Rear Axle Drive Pinion May Fracture – 2022 KME Predator Panther & Severe Service Emergency Vehicles

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November 19, 2021 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 21V905000

Rear Axle Drive Pinion May Fracture

A fractured drive pinion may contact the brake drop hose, and unintentionally engage the parking brake or activate the brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V905

Manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.

Components POWER TRAIN

Potential Number of Units Affected 7

 

Summary

Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. (KME) is recalling certain 2022 Predator Panther and Severe Service emergency vehicles. The rear axle drive pinion may fracture.

 

Remedy

Meritor will inspect and replace the drive pinion, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 7, 2022. Owners may contact KME customer service at 1-800-235-3928.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


Chronology :

June 2020 – Pinion crack found on campus in Charlotte during a different PSR.

August – September 2020 – They completed tests to attempt to replicate and could not reproduce the fracture.
Implemented 100% mag particle inspection on all 186R series. Meritor Product Engineering provided a high confidence level that this would be an infancy failure (during the carriers first high load event) due to the fracture signature.

April 2021 – Claim created through standard warranty process for pinion crack.

July 2021 – Pinion failure during delivery to the dealer from the plant. Facilitated warranty claim through Meritor, they provided new gear set.

September 2021 – Houston reached out regarding a pinion crack failure while in service (24 hours in service and under 3,000 miles), was second truck of fleet with similar failure. Pinion broke off and damaged the spring brake air supply line. Metro and Houston insisted an inspection method to validate that the rest of the fleet do not have the same failures. This resulted in Meritor completing an on-site ultrasonic test for the rest of the fleet. Meritor provided corrective action and containment dates, as well as their assessment that this issue is low risk.

October 2021 – Spartan risk assessment completed.

October – November 2021 – Reviewed past precedence. Reached out to all REV Fire businesses to check for any Meritor pinion warranty issues. E-One had one failure in the field in October 2021 but a different axle series affected. Met with Meritor to review the cause again and the potential affected population.

November 2021 – Escalated the issue to REV Group Management. February 14, 2022 – Meritor expanded the date range of affected population. February 21, 2022 – Meritor provided remainder of information for KME to determine additional population.

 


2 Affected Products

Vehicles

MAKE MODEL YEAR
KME PREDATOR PANTHER 2022
KME PREDATOR SS 2022

 


11 Associated Documents

Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-21V905-8130.pdf 703.613KB

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-21V905-7094.PDF 214.464KB

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-21V905-7183.PDF 214.464KB

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ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-21V905-6183.pdf 138.828KB

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)

RCMN-21V905-5516.pdf 85.827KB

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Recall 573 Report AMENDMENT 1 (02/23/2022)

RCLRPT-21V905-8549.PDF 215.575KB

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Recall 573 Report- 03/25/2022

RCLRPT-21V905-1456.PDF 215.747KB

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)

RCMN-21V905-9632.pdf 86.747KB

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Recall 573 Report- 04/14/2022

RCLRPT-21V905-9538.PDF 215.792KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #1, 2022-1

RCLQRT-21V905-2364.PDF 211.135KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2022-2

RCLQRT-21V905-7742.PDF 211.233KB

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Latest Recalls Documents

For the Latest and Most Recent Recalls Information Visit the link below…

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=21V905&docType=RCL

 


 

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